Imagine with me, what America could be like

"Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love and reverence toward Almighty God...What a Utopia, what a Paradise would this region be." -John Adams, February 22, 1756

My family and I live in a rural area in the state of Minnesota where every spring we have the opportunity of seeing the farmers plowing up the dirt in their fields so that they can plant their seeds. When Fall comes around, they bring in their seeded harvest.

Every Spring, I ask my children, what are those farmers doing out there? They tell me that they are plowing (Hosea 10:12). What do they do after they plow? They plant their seeds (Mark 4; Galatians 6:7). I then ask, what do they do after that? Dad, they harvest in the Fall the fruit of their seeds planted. I reply that they are right. The seed reproduces after their own kind.

America, I ask, is there any denying the type of seed that was planted in the Spring when harvest time comes around in America? No, the harvest bears fruit in reproduction of the seeds which were planted in the spring.

And so it is with our forefathers, who knew who they were in Christ (Romans 13:14).

Today, approximately three quarters of Americans profess to be Christians and 242 years later, we can see what type of seed that they planted by the harvest that has been brought forth in the present. Again, there is no denying the seed by looking at the harvest.

When we look to the first President of these United States, George Washington, we get a clear understanding as to by whom he was reproduced after.

“Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.” -George Washington, Prayer

It is not my objective to prove the obvious fact that America is a Christian nation; it is my objective to show you what and who America has been since our inception. So, imagine with me, if you will.

Imagine a nation of people that walk in the fear of the Lord in departing from iniquity-lawlessness (Proverbs 16:6).

“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” Proverbs 8:13

Imagine a nation that holds to the laws that the Lord gave men that they might remain a free people in doing that which He commands (Exodus 20; John 8:36; Romans 3:31).

Imagine a nation where right is right and wrong is wrong (Deuteronomy 19:19).

Imagine a nation where both men and woman, both young and old, love the Lord with all of their heart, with all of their soul, and with all of their minds (Matthew 23:37-39), and their neighbors as themselves (Mark 12:30; Romans 13:8-10).

Imagine a nation, if you will, where Americans “execute justice for the fatherless and the widow, and love the resident alien, giving him food and clothing” (Deuteronomy 10:18).

Imagine where the pulpits in the churches of America thunder again out the Word of God in hating sin and loving righteousness (Hebrews 1:9), and setting the nations aflame (Psalm 104:4) to the glory of God.

Imagine with me, if you will, where representatives in American government that are just, and “ruling in the fear of God” by magnifying the U.S. Constitution and the laws which they swore to uphold (2 Samuel 23:3).

Imagine a land free of that which God forbids (Psalm 19:11) and where true freedom and liberty is defined!

Imagine a people free from idolatry (Exodus 20:3), in serving only one God (John 14:6), Jesus Christ.

Imagine a nation free from gambling (covetousness; Exodus 20:17) while being content with what we have been given (Philippians 4:11), for it is certain that we can take nothing with us after death (1 Timothy 6:7).

This is real freedom, liberation from sin (Matthew 1:21; John 8:32; 1 John 3:4).

"Christian liberty is freedom from sin, not freedom to sin." –A.W. Tozer

This is, in fact, what America looked like when we adhered to the Word of God; understanding why we were and still are called the light of the world by other nations (John 1:1-5; Isaiah 51:4).

“Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord.” -Psalm 33:12

To those in my generation, the new "do what you want to do" isn’t working out for us (Proverbs 24:21). We all know what this country looks like without its loving adherence to the living God (Matthew 22:32). It is becoming a living Hell (Psalm 9:17).

So, imagine a reality that once was in this God Blessed Nation, which our forefathers planted, that we may again reap a nation which Heaven intended.

“Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” - Jeremiah 6:16

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Bradlee Dean is a guest contributor to GCN news. His views and opinions, if expressed, are his own and do not reflect the views and opinions of the Genesis Communication Network. Bradlee's radio program,The Sons of Liberty broadcasts live M - Sat here at GCN. This op-ed was originally published by Sons of Liberty Media at www.sonsoflibertyradio.com. Reprinted with permission.